posture and pose,
swish your final curtains and artistic rages as much
as you wish, whore your meager soul for applause and admiration -
weep in public, gnash your teeth:
in bright light, tears glitter like diamonds -
refracting human sorrow into infinite sparkle

and you may posture and pose,
may glisten in your sequins and dimestore rhinestones
and you may dance and dazzle,
may flaunt and kiss and mouth along with stolen words -

may stare into spotlights, blotting out the world -

remember, it's all about you
and there is only you
and it is only you